Patent GB-871155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to colour television receivers
Inventor: JUSTICE JAMES WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: H04N9/24
Filed: 1957-08-15
Abstract: 871,155. Automatic control systems for television. SYLVANIA-THORN COLOUR TELEVISION LABORATORIES Ltd. July 10, 1958 [Aug. 15, 1957], No. 25832/57. Class 38 (4). [Also in Groups XL (b) and XL (c)] Indexing signals produced by a " spotbobbled " beam scanning in the general direction of the lengths of colour producing stripes arranged in groups separated by indexing stripes on the screen of a television picture tube are employed to control the mean position of the scanning path with respect to the indexing stripes. As shown in Fig. 1, the screen comprises a repeating series of stripes producing the colours green (G); red (R); green (G); blue (B) ; alternate G stripes being arranged to produce, in addition, a distinguishable radiation I to control the production of the indexing signals. During odd numbered fields the mean position of the scanning beam 10 is centrally disposed with respect to the indexing stripes I.G. whilst during even number fields the means position of the beam 11 (Fig. 2), is centred on the stripes I.G. the phase of the spot-wobble wave being reversed compared with the odd fields to maintain the correct colour sequence. In one embodiment of the invention (Fig. 5) in which red, green and blue picture signals RS, GS and BS are supplied via an encoder 13 to the control electrode of the picture tube 18, the radiation produced by the traversal of the I.G. stripes in screen 19 by the scanning beam produces in a photo-electric device 24 a series of indexing signals which, during odd fields when the mean position of the beam is centred on the stripes I.G., as shown in Fig. 8 (a), have a frequency equal to 2Îfsc (where sc is the wobble frequency applied to the auxiliary deflection coil 23). When the mean position of the beam shifts upwardly, Fig. 8 (c), or downwardly, Fig. 8 (e), the frequency of this fundamental component changes to fsc the phase differing by 180 degrees for upward and downward movement as shown at 43, Fig. 8 (d) and 43<SP>1</SP>, Fig. 8 (f), respectively. During the even numbered fields, when the mean position of the beam is centred between two stripes I.G., as shown at (a) Fig. 9, no indexing signals are produced, (b) Fig. 9, whilst upward or downward motion of the beam, Fig. 9 (c), and Fig. 9 (e), respectively, result in the production of oppositely phases fundamental components of frequency fsc, Fig. 9 (d) and (f), respectively. During all fields, therefore, when the beam is correctly positioned either no indexing signals are produced or such signals are produced at a frequency of 2xfsc whilst, when the beam is displaced from the desired position, indexing signals of frequency fsc are produced the phase of which depends on the direction of the displacement. Such signals, at frequency fsc are selected by amplifier 25 and after detection in 26 are supplied to amplifier 27 in which a correcting deflection wave is produced and supplied to an auxiliary deflection coil 28 the sense and magnitude being such that the beam is returned to the desired position. During odd fields, when the beam is centred on the I.G. stripes, the picture modulation results in the indexing signals having a component at frequency fsc and, since this would result in the production of a correction effect when none is required, the green picture signals GS are supplied to the photo-electric device 24 via a correction circuit 29 and gate 37 which is " opened " during the odd fields. In order to increase the " dwell " of the scanning beam on the stripes the waveform of the " spot-wobble " is modified by adding to its fundamental component of frequency fsc a suitable harmonic thereof derived in circuit 35 (as described in Specification 871,154). In an alternative arrangement for preventing the picture modulation of the beam causing the production of indexing signals when none are required, a carrier wave of frequency F from generator 30 (Fig. 6) is supplied to the tube modulating electrode 17 in addition to the picture signals and results in the production of indexing signals of frequency F+fsc and F-fsc one of which is selected by amplifier 25 and combined with the frequency F in mixer 31 to provide the desired signal fsc which is then utilized as described in connection with Fig. 5. In a modification of the arrangement of Fig. 6 a double-beam tube is employed, one beam being modulated by the picture signals and the other by the wave of frequency F (Fig. 7, not shown). To remove residual effects due to picture modulation of the beam when the scanning spot is large, the indexing stripes may be arranged between two guard bands GB which are unresponsive to the electron beam (Fig. 13).